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Career Information, Advice and Guidance for Professional Practitioners

Starting Points...

Student Adviser is a FREE resource for professionals involved in providing career information, advice and guidance in the UK. It provides detailed materials on career choice and personal development, thoroughly researched career information articles, current career opportunities, a guide to gap year choices, details of Apprenticeships and the chance to register with our free further information service. There is also a section dedicated to updating your professional knowledge base and extending your network of contacts.

Use our arrow to target ideas to explore or opportunities for your clients!

Career Information Templates

Our unique 'Templates' analysis gives a thorough, up-to-date description of several hundred careers grouped in ten occupational areas. For each career, we tell you what's involved, what entry qualifications are needed, how your clients can progress through training, what personal qualities will help them succeed, how much they might earn and what effect this career choice could have on their overall lifestyle. We even give alternative career ideas to consider and point users towards sources of further information.

Advice & Guidance - Enhance your clients' employability!

How do your clients organise their career search, write a CV, compose a letter of application, prepare for an interview, plan their future career development? We aim to provide the answers and more in our ever-growing career advice and guidance section.

Professional Practitioners Update

This section of the website contains news, views, reviews and features designed to inform, update and occasionally entertain you in your vital role of providing career information, advice and guidance for the workforce of tomorrow. We also provide links to relevant professional bodies and offer you the chance to place comments and tips on our Noticeboard.

Gap Year Guide

Taking a year out after school or at some stage during or after higher education is becoming increasingly popular. About one in three students is now using a gap year to travel or to work, at home or overseas. Is it the right option for your clients? Are you bewildered by the range of gap year ideas on offer? We'll try to steer you through the maze!

Your clients can use our FREE Recruitment Register to receive detailed further information and recruitment brochures on career opportunities that interest them. As a guidance practitioner, you can use the Register to update your reference library, selecting multiple brochures with one simple registration.It's Fast, it's Effective and it's Free. Free Careers Information Service

Current Career Opportunities

Our employer database identifies organisations currently searching for new talent. Comb through the listings and you could help your clients identify possible pathways into the world of work. All the institutions listed have a variety of current vacancies as well as long-term career opportunities. Current Job Vacancies

State-of-the-art E-magazines

Using the very latest technology, our virtual career magazines and brochures look just like the real thing! With our e-magazines there's no need to scroll endlessly to find what you want... a simple click turns the page before your eyes, or you can go straight to the page you need from a link on the contents page.

Exploring Apprenticeships

Now firmly established as a key route into employment and training, Apprenticeships cover a very broad range of career opportunities. Apprentices earn as they learn, gaining valuable hands-on experience whilst studying for recognised qualifications. Our dedicated section explains possible pathways and brings you the latest news updates.